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From: zeke@eta.unix.ETA.COM (Robert K. Scott)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: A Recently Heard Story About Seymour Cray
Summary: A Cray at Apple
Keywords: Cray,Mackintosh,Mac,Design
Message-ID: <810@wilbur.unix.ETA.COM>
Date: 12 Dec 88 21:07:05 GMT
References: <90@stanton.TCC.COM>
Organization: The Final Frontier
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In article <90@stanton.TCC.COM>, donegan@stanton.TCC.COM (Steven P. Donegan) writes:
> I heard a story recently:
> 
> Seymour Cray called Apple and noted that he had heard Apple was using a Cray
> to design future Mackintosh systems.
> 
> He informed Apple that he was using a Mackintosh to design future Cray's.
> 
> Truth or fiction, anyone know?

Quite true.  Apple has had a Cray for some time now, and uses it for
design and simulation, including simulating instruction sets for computers
that don't exist yet so that software development can be done for them.

Seymour, as has been reported in various print publications, uses a Mac
to keep himself organized and work on his machines.  He reportedly is
fond of it's ease of use.


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